{"id":5644,"date":"2016-04-15T17:47:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T09:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/?p=5644"},"modified":"2016-04-18T10:44:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T02:44:00","slug":"forbes-names-philippines-among-retirement-havens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/2016\/04\/15\/forbes-names-philippines-among-retirement-havens\/","title":{"rendered":"Forbes names Philippines among retirement havens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Forbes Magazine recently announced the best places in the world to retire in, and the Philippines is on the list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5645\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/04\/IMG_7183_2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7183_2 - edited\" width=\"850\" height=\"567\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">SUNSET ATOP MT. TAPYAS in Coron, Palawan.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Calling the list the \u201c20 Best Foreign Retirement Havens for 2015\u201d, Forbes listed countries based on its Annual Global Retirement Index, which takes into account factors such as cost of living, taxes, medical care, climate, peace and order, cultural attractions and hospitality, and ease of return to the US.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Forbes highlighted the country\u2019s low cost of living, our tropical climate, the abundance of English speakers, and natural beauty. They also pointed out that \u201cforeign income is untaxed, and permanent residency can be had on a minimal showing of retirement income,\u201d as well as direct flights between Manila and the West Coast.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Tagaytay and Subic Bay were named as some of the popular places to reside. Tagaytay\u2019s appeal is its cooler climate thanks to its elevation. Subic Bay\u2019s infrastructure from the old U.S. Naval Base would appeal to U.S. retirees as it feels very similar to home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/travel-and-tourism\/2016\/04\/15\/1573153\/philippines-tagged-among-best-retirement-places\">report from the Philippine Star<\/a>, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Chairperson Roberto Garcia said that the list helped bolster their marketing efforts \u201cin promoting the Freeport as the best retirement haven in the country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Other countries mentioned are Canada, Belize, Australia, and Ecuador, which has the potential to be the \u201cworld&#8217;s greatest retirement value play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><em>Source:<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philstar.com\/travel-and-tourism\/2016\/04\/15\/1573153\/philippines-tagged-among-best-retirement-places\"><em>Philstar.com<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/pictures\/fgmi45mmdd\/the-philippines\/\"><em>Forbes<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forbes Magazine recently announced the best places in the world to retire in, and the Philippines is on the list. \u00a0 SUNSET ATOP MT. TAPYAS in Coron, Palawan. \u00a0 Calling the list the \u201c20 Best Foreign Retirement Havens for 2015\u201d, Forbes listed countries based on its Annual Global Retirement Index, which takes into account factors such as cost of living, taxes, medical care, climate, peace and order, cultural attractions and hospitality, and ease of return to the US. Forbes highlighted the country\u2019s low cost of living, our tropical climate, the abundance of English speakers, and natural beauty. They also pointed out that \u201cforeign income is untaxed, and permanent residency can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-current-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2016\/04\/IMG_7183_2-edited-e1460947429249.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5646,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5644\/revisions\/5646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}